"Expedia Group is an American online travel purchasing business for consumer and also small business traveling. Its internet sites, which are largely travel price aggregators and travel metasearch engines, consist of CarRentals.com, Expedia.com, HomeAway, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago as well as Vrbo.

According to Rich Barton, the firm's initial CEO, the word "" Expedia"" is originated from a mix of "" exploration"" and "" rate"".."